The transverse momentum () spectrum of charged particles is a well-studied observable for examining the hot, dense quark-gluon plasma (QGP) created in high-energy heavy ion collisions. As scattered partons traverse this medium, they experience a loss of energy due to quantum chromodynamics processes such as gluon emission and parton splitting [1]}. Because high-charged particles are produced through parton fragmentation and subsequent hadronization, their yields are sensitive to the strength of QGP-induced energy loss [2]}, [3]}. In contrast, production of charged particles having less than a few is particularly sensitive to initial parton densities and hydrodynamic expansion of the medium [4]}, [5]}, [6]}, [7]}.
